The Donald A Schaefer Planetarium will be showing its annual Christmas Star programbeginning Wednesday, December 10. The show ...

The planetarium turns 100 this year. What came before the giant domes, with imagery of galaxies, asteroids and meteors ...

It wasn’t easy, bringing the stars indoors. The first show, held in Germany in 1925, used grainy footage on a small dome, but was dizzying nonetheless. Now, a whole new future looms.

On Nov. 28, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., the Dome Room will again open to the public to see the constellations. The presentation, ...

The lunar lander, along with “Luna,” Rowan’s Artemis Moon Tree, will be the centerpiece of the planetarium’s look at human ...

The facility, now known as the McNair-Davis Planetarium, is slated to reopen early next summer. “We’re looking at, I’m saying ...

Jackson’s planetarium will get a new name before it reopens. Leaders announced on November 17, 2025, that the planetarium ...

The Friends of the Shiras Planetarium has launched an “adopt-a-star” program to meet its fundraising goal of $1,041,000. As ...

The Russell C. Davis Planetarium in Jackson is set to be renamed the McNair Davis Planetarium, honoring astronaut Dr. Ronald ...

The Russell C. Davis Planetarium in Jackson, Mississippi, has been renamed the McNair–Davis Planetarium. The new name honors ...